Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the Mets have hired former minor league pitcher Jono Armold to be their minor league pitching coordinator. Armold, 32, has been in the Texas Rangers organization since May of 2016, with the last three years coming as their pitching coordinator. He was their minor league pitching coach for the previous two-plus years. Prior to joining the Rangers, Armold was the...
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The Mets lost one of the most important cogs of their 2021 bullpen when left-hander Aaron Loup signed with the Angels early in the offseason, and it’s the one area they really haven’t addressed to this point. I would expect the Mets to sign multiple relievers when the lockout is over from a free agent class that has seen it’s top arm in Raisel Iglesias already sign. Top...
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The Mets began their second round interviews with managerial candidates on Tuesday when Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro talked with Mets owner Steve Cohen. According to Buster Onley of ESPN, Astros bench coach Joe Espada will interview on Thursday, and the second round wraps up with veteran skipper Buck Showalter on Friday. Billy Eppler and other front office members took part in the first round...
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Mets veteran infielder Robinson Canó returned to action on Tuesday night in the Dominican Winter League after missing a couple of weeks with lower back discomfort. Canó, 39, went 2-for-5 in the game with an RBI for the Estrellas Orientales. He’s now hitting .310 with six RBIs in seven games, though he has yet to produce an extra base hit and has walked only once. Batazo que pasa bueno 👏🏻...
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On Thursday, we found out the Mets hired Daniel Schoenfeld to be their minor league analytics coordinator, and that the Mets would have an analyst with every minor league affiliate. This is a continuing trend for the Mets since Steve Cohen took over the team, and actually one that Brodie Van Wagenen got underway when he was the Mets GM. As recently as 2018, it was reported that the entirety of...
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